Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he wants a meeting with Russia next week to push forward ceasefire talks.

Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a meeting between himself and Russia's leader is the only way to ensure peace Ukraine has proposed a new round of peace talks with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said,

Democrats denounced a report issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as politically motivated and error-ridden.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a report Friday alleging Obama administration officials manipulated intelligence related to Russian interference in the 2016 election. Gabbard asserted in a statement that former officials engaged in a “treasonous conspiracy” and said her office was turning over evidence to the Justice Department for possible criminal referrals.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday predicted the Russian economy would withstand the European Union's latest sanctions package and said Moscow would intensify its strikes against Ukraine.

The European Union adopted a fresh round of sanctions against Russia on Friday, forging ahead to pressure Moscow.